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Historical Event(s)
– George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York, New York.
– The first United States census is authorized.
– France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
– Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund – in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
– The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
– French Revolution: citizens of Paris celebrate the constitutional monarchy and national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.
– Warriors of the Miami tribe under Chief Little Turtle defeat United States troops under General Josiah Harmar at the site of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the Northwest Indian War.
– Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
– Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone.
– Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today is published for the first time.
Who Were Born On ?
– Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet (d. 1855)
– David “Robber” Lewis, American robber known for giving stolen money to the poor. (d. 1820)
– Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (d. 1863)
– Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician (d. 1861)
– William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)
– John Ross, Chief of the Cherokee Nation (d. 1866)
– Thursday October Christian (d. 1831)
– Alphonse de Lamartine, French writer (d. 1869)
– Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman (d. 1860)
– Jean-François Champollion, French Egyptologist (d. 1832)